An example is the cult status of British comedic actor Norman Wisdom's films in Albania.

Winner of a British Comedy Award in 1991, Anderson began his success during his 15-year law career with comedy and comedic script writing, before starring in Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Richardson is known for her role as a comedic Queen Elizabeth I, aka Queenie, in the British television comedy Blackadder II.

The approach of the show, portraying a pathologist as having an active role in the crime investigation, was parodied by British comedic duo French and Saunders as " Witless Silence ".

Richard Bernard Murdoch ( 6 April 19079 October 1990 ) was a British comedic radio, film and television performer.

In 1997, a successful advertising campaign was launched using a fictional musical group called the Spicy Crispy Girls ( a take off of the Spice Girls, a British pop music girl group-at the time one of the most popular groups in the world ), in comedic national television commercials.

* Discworld, a comedic fantasy book series by the British author Terry Pratchett

At a later time in his life Agrelot would be called " The Puerto Rican Bob Hope " by journalists ( or they could say Bob Hope was the British José Miguel Agrelot ), perhaps because of his stand-up comedic style and media longevity, but his aptitude for physical comedy, straight face for risqué material and physical girth at the time predated-and would be quite comparable with-that of John Belushi's, rather toned-down for the conservative Puerto Rican audiences of the time.

The British comedic rapper Professor Elemental refers to lapsang souchong in his song " Cup of Brown Joy ".

Cleese's " few friends " turned out to be his colleagues in Monty Python, pals in the earlier British comedic ensemble Beyond The Fringe, his Footlights / I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again peers in the contemporary British comedic ensemble The Goodies, and other members of the British comedy community from the 1960s and 1970s ( primarily those described as " Oxbridge " comedians ).

Most of the comedic performers in the 1987 show were talents familiar primarily just to British audiences.

There was one internationally known British comedic performer – Eddie Izzard – headlining a roster of locally popular acts – including Russell Brand, Jon Culshaw, Al Murray, The Mighty Boosh and Meera Syal.

They forged a status for themselves as " the alternatives to alternative comedy " in the late 1980s and early 90s, and to this day inhabit a comedic universe all of their own, while still managing to exert an influence on British comedy.

* Clouds ( play ), a 1977 philosophical comedic play by British playwright Michael Frayn

In 2007, he had a supporting role as a strong-willed doctor in the western film 3: 10 to Yuma alongside Christian Bale and Russell Crowe along with a brief but memorable role in the film Knocked Up and a highly physical comedic performance in the British film Death at a Funeral.

A comedic quiz show with a similar format to that of the British program Have I Got News for You, it features two teams, with two permanent captains and four guests, competing to answer questions based on recent news events.

The comedic film The Ruling Class was a satire of British aristocracy, depiciting nobility as self-serving and cruel, juxtaposed against an insane relative who believes that he is Jesus Christ, whom they identify as a " bloody Bolshevik ".

British humour is a somewhat general term applied to certain comedic motifs that are often prevalent in comedic acts originating in the United Kingdom and its former colonies.

When I answered it a voice too dignified and British to be real said, `` Is this Mr. Dale Nelson, the actor ''??

* Albert Austin ( 1881 – 1953 ), British / American actor

Milne was an early screenwriter for the nascent British film industry, writing four stories filmed in 1920 for the company Minerva Films ( founded in 1920 by the actor Leslie Howard and his friend and story editor Adrian Brunel ).

* 1967 – Jonathan Firth, British actor

* 1980 – Bryan Fisher, British actor

* Adrian Lester ( born 1968 ), British actor

* Adrian Lukis ( born 1958 ), British actor

* 1934 – Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler ( d. 1997 )

* 1977 – Aiden Turner, British actor

* 1976 – Sean Maguire, British actor

* 1949 – Chris Langham, British actor, writer, producer, director

* 1961 – Robert Carlyle, British actor

* 1942 – David Bradley, British actor

In the 2003 film Hitler: The Rise of Evil, British actor Robert Glenister plays Drexler, although Drexler is portrayed without his trademark spectacles and moustache.

* 1946 – Tim Curry, British actor

* 1920 – Ronald Magill, British actor ( d. 2007 )

* 1927 – Gerald Flood, British actor ( d. 1989 )

* 1969 – Toby Stephens, British actor

* 1941 – Gorden Kaye, British actor

* 1981 – Alex Lanipekun, British actor

On television, the actor Freddie Jones portrayed Claudius in the 1968 British television series The Caesars while the 1985 made-for-television miniseries A. D. features actor Richard Kiley as Claudius.

* Cyril Delevanti ( 1889 – 1975 ), British actor

" Roache was the only remaining member of the original cast until Dennis Tanner ( Philip Lowrie ) returned on 12 May 2011, and is currently the longest-serving actor in Coronation Street and in British and global soap overall.